Conference B

Conference B will be held in the afternoon of September 3. We have 7 workshops for deep learning on different IAF core competencies. To help participants to choose the workshops, we design three icons to give participants a quick understanding of the theme of the workshop. These three icons are as follows:

B1: When the Mountain Meets the Sea--- The power of incorporating coaching to group facilitation
Presenter: Deborah Wang, CCF; Jeff Hasenfratz
IAF Core Competencies: B, C, D, E
Number of participants: 15-25

As a facilitator, have you ever been asked how facilitation is different from coaching? Is it true that facilitation is more process-driven while coaching is more people-focused? As group facilitators, how can we further develop our competency to apply a variety of participatory processes to stimulate and tap the group’s energy, evoke group creativity,...more 

B2：“Wizard of Us” Mythic Facilitation Journey - Wizard of Oz theme and Mind, Body, Spirit Exercises
Presenter: Evelyn Philbrook
IAF Core Competencies: A, B, C, D, E, F
Number of participants: 16-27

Each of us is on a journey as a facilitator, coach or trainer weaving that journey into a story and that story into a plan of action takes work. Utilizing the theme from “Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by Frank Baum, and the Jean Houston Foundation Social Artistry exercises through Jean’s latest book “Wizard of Us”, which takes the Hollywood movie Wizard of Oz...more 

B3：The IAF Core Competencies in real lives and cultures
Presenter: Lindsay Sumner, CPF
IAF Core Competencies: A, B, C, D, E, F
Number of participants: 6 - 36

IAF we have one set of Core Competencies and yet we all do and see things very differently. How do the Core Competencies work wherever we go? There are geographically-cultural differences and work-based cultural differences. What is seen as confidence in one workplace may be interpreted as arrogance in another...more 

B4：Exploring the Power and Love in you and your community
Presenter: Jorie Wu, CPF, CToPF; Janet Fang, Ph.D
IAF Core Competencies: A, B, C, D, E, F
Number of participants: 15-25

Power and Love – A Theory and Practice of Social Change, is by Adam Kahane. In co-creating change or new realities, there are two distinct and fundamental driving forces that are often in tension: Power and Love. These two driving forces exist in all scales of social systems, family, organization, community, nation and globally...more 

B5: Presencing: An Experience of Otto Scharmer’s ‘Theory U’ group action learning process
Presenter: Noel E K Tan, CPF
IAF Core Competencies: C, D, E, F
Number of participants: 24-48

Otto Scharmer of the Presencing Institute has been developing and strengthening ‘Theory U’ as a way for profound change in human systems. A key aspect of Theory U is in generating deeper stakeholder awareness and joint problem-solving beyond words we can use to describe the problem. The process uses a combination of non-verbal communication...more 

B6：Dancing with Cognitive Biases: Explore the cognitive biases and learn how to work with them in facilitation
Presenter: Shawn Chung, CPF
IAF Core Competencies: B, C, D, E
Number of participants: 6-25

Have you ever experienced these situations in your facilitation?
• The group tried to be creative but kept neglecting some important data or experiences;
• The group jumped to conclusion and missed the unique characteristics of the matter;...more 

B7：Experience Matters! Synergising experiential learning to make your processes and learning richer
Presenter: Gerauld Wong
IAF Core Competencies: B, C, D, E
Number of participants: 12-40

This workshop explores the theme of using experiential learning in synergy with your processes to set contexts for your sessions AND processes, to create deeper and richer conversations for your participants.
After the workshop. Your will be able to...more